Roller assembly

Abstract

A roller assembly includes a roller shaft, a roller base and at least one roller. The roller shaft defines at least one clipping slot. The roller shaft passes rearward through the roller base to rotatably mount the roller base to the roller shaft. An inside of the roller base extends forward to form an elastic arm. A free end of the elastic arm projects beyond a front surface of the roller base. The free end of the elastic arm defines a hook portion hooked in the clipping slot to restrain the roller base on the roller shaft. The roller is set around the roller base. When the roller assembly is disassembled, press down upon the free end of the elastic arm to make the hook portion project out of the clipping slot, so that the roller base together with the rollers is disassembled from the roller shaft.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A roller assembly, comprising:
 a roller shaft defining at least one clipping slot; 
 a roller base, the roller shaft passing rearward through the roller base to rotatably mount the roller base to the roller shaft, an inside of the roller base extending forward to form an elastic arm, a free end of the elastic arm projecting beyond a front surface of the roller base, the free end of the elastic arm defining a hook portion hooked in the clipping slot to restrain the roller base on the roller shaft; and 
 at least one roller set around the roller base, 
 wherein the roller base has a tube-shaped connecting portion, a front end and a rear end of the connecting portion are respectively connected with a tube-shaped front sleeve portion and a tube-shaped rear sleeve portion, the front and rear sleeve portions have two opposite ring-shaped sidewalls respectively connected with the outer periphery of the connecting portion, each of the front and rear sleeve portions has a receiving space therein, the front end and the rear end of the connecting portion respectively project into the two receiving spaces of the front and rear sleeve portions. 
 
     
     
       2. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the front end of the connecting portion defines a gap, a front surface of the sidewall of the front sleeve portion connected with the front end of the connecting portion extends forward to form the elastic arm partially projecting downward into the gap, the free end of the elastic arm projects out of the front sleeve portion. 
     
     
       3. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the front end of the connecting portion protrudes towards an inner sidewall of the front sleeve portion to form two ribs connecting with the inner sidewall of the front sleeve portion, an outer surface of the rear end of the connecting portion protrudes towards an inner sidewall of the rear sleeve portion to form a plurality of ribs connecting with the inner sidewall of the rear sleeve portion, inner ends of the ribs are connected with two inner surfaces of the two ring-shaped sidewalls of the front and rear sleeve portions, and outer ends of the ribs project beyond the front end and the rear end of the connecting portion. 
     
     
       4. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an outer periphery of each of the front and rear sleeve portions is concaved inward to form a ring-shaped assembling groove, the roller includes a hollow cylinder-shaped foam and a rubbing portion, the foam is set in the assembling groove, and the rubbing portion surrounds the foam. 
     
     
       5. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the roller shaft defines one ring-shaped limiting slot located in rear of and away from the clipping slot, the roller assembly further includes a limiting element, the limiting element is limited in the limiting slot. 
     
     
       6. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the limiting element is a clasp. 
     
     
       7. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the roller base has a rear sleeve portion, a rear end of an inner sidewall of the rear sleeve portion is recessed inward to form a ring-shaped blocking groove, a ring-shaped front sidewall of the blocking groove is designated as a blocking wall, the limiting element resists against the blocking wall of the roller base through the blocking groove. 
     
     
       8. The roller assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hook portion shows a wedge shape, the hook portion hooks around a ring-shaped inner sidewall of the clipping slot and a front end of the hook portion resists against a front sidewall of the clipping slot.